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[DwaynePurvis00]

He is a CG so would hope so.

Speaking of, I like that Colvin has been dribbling and taking some midrange shots lately. I remember watching his high school film and he had a nice middie. Wish he could learn to do some booty ball and bully smaller guards.

Wish he’d be given the opportunity by the staff to do that

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

I think you'll see most schools hold 1 or 2 scholarships back for a late transfer add so it's possible they'll give those to a walk-on but the issue is situations will change annually. A guy might get a scholarship his sophomore year but they might give it away his junior year.

Will scout teams be a thing? That's where you may end up finding these guys. But they won't be able to dress if on the scout team.

I’m guessing the walk ons will be the scout team like you mentioned

 

[Hausta01]

What would we take, maybe 2 of those combo guards? Is Kinney actually more of a 1? Obviously, Reynolds may be our #1 target, but that's a really good list of talent that we are targeting.

Kinney is a pure PG

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

What would we take, maybe 2 of those combo guards? Is Kinney actually more of a 1? Obviously, Reynolds may be our #1 target, but that's a really good list of talent that we are targeting.

Take em all

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Do I understand correctly that the total roster size can only be 15? Don’t we currently have 3-4 walkons? What happens to them? Do you just say, thanks for the memories? And say sorry, you are no longer on the team?

 

[Tommaker]

You're effectively wasting a scholarship for someone like that

You're keeping them off another team you might be playing. See ND in the 60's-70's.

 

[ChoiceBeef]

Wish he’d be given the opportunity by the staff to do that

Well it seems like he is showing it more recently and not just being a stand and shoot guy. I honestly wish we would run ISO action to get him going down hill more.

 

[Wolegib]

But we don’t need them, right Wule?

My thoughts are a team should never over stock one position at the expense of of leaving another position weak and empty. How many combo guards does one team need? And how many quality small forwards / wings do we have?

To me, we need to focus on recruiting Some forwards rather than continuing to recruit and add more combo guards. Regardless of how great they are. What good is a player if he never has an opportunity to play?

Currently after Loyer and smith leave, we have Harris, Colvin, cox and Benter. And we have commitments from West and Ertel. Our only small forward is Heide. Do we really need to be recruiting another combo guard?

I guess we can never have enough combo guards.

It’s been speculated a certain combo guard may transfer. And what’s the speculation of the reason why? Like Newman, the player has a lot of talent but receives less than 15 minutes of playing time. If you want to add another combo guard to this roster, that’s great. But in doing so, playing time for all guards will be limited and someone will leave looking for an opportunity to play.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Do we really need to be recruiting another combo guard?

Yep

I guess we can never have enough combo guards.

Correct

It’s been speculated a certain combo guard may transfer. And what’s the speculation of the reason why? Like Newman, the player has a lot of talent but receives less than 15 minutes of playing time. If you want to add another combo guard to this roster, that’s great. But in doing so, playing time for all guards will be limited and someone will leave looking for an opportunity to play.

Who are you talking about? If it’s Colvin, he’s at 17 mpg and him and Heide have been playing/shooting better the last 5 games. Not sure why he d transfer. He has an opportunity to be a key piece to a NC contender next year (if everyone is back which I believe will be the case).

 

[Schmedly_Whiplash]

He is a CG so would hope so.

Speaking of, I like that Colvin has been dribbling and taking some midrange shots lately. I remember watching his high school film and he had a nice middie. Wish he could learn to do some booty ball and bully smaller guards.

on at least 1 mid range shot he could have taken 1 more dribble and dunked it easily. I'm waiting for THAT to kick in and then we'll have something good. Every year people forget that lots of players don't get 'good' until they are upperclassmen.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

on at least 1 mid range shot he could have taken 1 more dribble and dunked it easily. I'm waiting for THAT to kick in and then we'll have something good. Every year people forget that lots of players don't get 'good' until they are upperclassmen.

Especially a kid who won’t turn 20 years old until August.

 

[Schmedly_Whiplash]

Well it seems like he is showing it more recently and not just being a stand and shoot guy. I honestly wish we would run ISO action to get him going down hill more.

+1 - that's GOT to be coming.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

As Colvin continues to get more comfortable with the mental aspect of the game, I think we’ll see him continue to capitalize on his considerable athleticism. There are times out there when you can see that it is clicking with him.